540pm CDT: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for parts of Central Alabama

Warnings are coming out quickly from the NWS Birmingham as we have an intensifying line of storms forming.  Here are the active warnings as of 540pm CDT:

1. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central Tuscaloosa County and Southwestern Jefferson County Until 615 PM CDT.

2. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Northwestern Shelby and Southern Jefferson County Until 600 PM CDT.

The main threats:  60 mph wind gusts, blinding rain, frequent cloud to ground lightning.  The storms are moving to the southeast at 25 mph.  Storms to the north of I-20 are more few and far between and not as strong. Additional storm continue to build across parts of eastern Mississippi.  Please be weather aware.

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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama…
Southwestern Jefferson County in central Alabama…

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 532 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bankhead Lock And Dam to near Gordo, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Tuscaloosa, Northport, Holt, Lake View, Brookwood, Coker, North
Johns, Bull City, Abernant, Samantha, McFarland Mall, Lake Lurleen
State Park, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater, Bryant Denny Stadium,
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, University Mall, Deerlick Creek
Campgrounds, Bankhead Lock And Dam, Binion Creek Landing, and Lake
Tuscaloosa.

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The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northwestern Shelby County in central Alabama…
Southern Jefferson County in central Alabama…

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 520 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Minor to Hueytown to near Concord, moving east at 30
mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Bessemer, Homewood, Pelham,
Mountain Brook, Helena, Hueytown, Irondale, Leeds, Fairfield,
Chelsea, Pleasant Grove, Midfield, Adamsville, Brighton, Indian
Springs Village, Lipscomb, and Sylvan Springs.

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